Nature Playing around the feeder. Retirement is great!

Playing around the feeder. Retirement is great! · 05:12 PM

I was just having some fun shooting from my hiding spot 8ft from the feeder with the Pentax 55-300mm. I managed to bag my first cardinal of the year and the nuthatch on the wing coming in for a landing.

--charliezap
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bluestringer · 01-19-2012, 05:23 PM

Great shots. The second one looks like a downy woodpecker, we have a few of those here but they are hard to capture. And I've been trying to get a good shot of a cardinal for a while now, but they are very skittish.

**Bob Harris** · 01-19-2012, 08:29 PM

Charlie that cardinal is sure beautiful, great color and it looks like that feeder is paying dividends.

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 01-19-2012, 09:52 PM

Nice pictures Charlie, gorgeous colors on the cardinal and I do agree, retirement is good. (has been for almost 15 years

)

charliezap · 01-20-2012, 05:53 AM

Originally posted by bluestringer

Great shots. The second one looks like a downy woodpecker, we have a few of those here but they are hard to capture. And I've been trying to get a good shot of a cardinal for a while now, but they are very skittish.

Thanks Dennis.Cardinals are real skittish but the downys are sociable and I can stand right near the feeder and they don't mind me being there at all.

--charliezap

loco · 01-20-2012, 06:52 AM

Wonderful shots, Charlie! The woodpecker is fantastic! All of them are actually!!

charliezap · 01-20-2012, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by Bob Harris

Charlie that cardinal is sure beautiful, great color and it looks like that feeder is paying dividends.

Originally posted by Heinrich Lohmann

Nice pictures Charlie, gorgeous colors on the cardinal and I do agree, retirement is good. (has been for almost 15 years

)

Sometimes I have 4 bright red cardinals at the same time around the feeders.It seems that I have to fill the feeders up every other day.--charliezap

8540tomg · 01-20-2012, 05:37 PM

Nice series Charlie,

I'll have to take your word retirement is great.

Still have a few years to go.

Tom G

charliezap · 01-21-2012, 07:37 AM

Originally posted by loco

Wonderful shots, Charlie! The woodpecker is fantastic! All of them are actually!!

Thanks Lori--I have several types of woodpeckers in my area and the downy is the one that I can get really close to outside.The others are more suspicious of me.

--charliezap

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01-20-2012, 05:53 AM	#5
charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686 Original Poster	Originally posted by bluestringer Great shots. The second one looks like a downy woodpecker, we have a few of those here but they are hard to capture. And I've been trying to get a good shot of a cardinal for a while now, but they are very skittish. Thanks Dennis.Cardinals are real skittish but the downys are sociable and I can stand right near the feeder and they don't mind me being there at all.--charliezap

01-21-2012, 07:37 AM	#9
charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686 Original Poster	Originally posted by loco Wonderful shots, Charlie! The woodpecker is fantastic! All of them are actually!! Thanks Lori--I have several types of woodpeckers in my area and the downy is the one that I can get really close to outside.The others are more suspicious of me.--charliezap

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bluestringer Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Cotton fields of South Georgia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,748	Great shots. The second one looks like a downy woodpecker, we have a few of those here but they are hard to capture. And I've been trying to get a good shot of a cardinal for a while now, but they are very skittish.

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Bob Harris Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canon City, Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,477	Charlie that cardinal is sure beautiful, great color and it looks like that feeder is paying dividends.

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Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097	Nice pictures Charlie, gorgeous colors on the cardinal and I do agree, retirement is good. (has been for almost 15 years )

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loco Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,846	Wonderful shots, Charlie! The woodpecker is fantastic! All of them are actually!!

01-20-2012, 12:00 PM	#7
charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686 Original Poster	Originally posted by Bob Harris Charlie that cardinal is sure beautiful, great color and it looks like that feeder is paying dividends. Originally posted by Heinrich Lohmann Nice pictures Charlie, gorgeous colors on the cardinal and I do agree, retirement is good. (has been for almost 15 years ) Sometimes I have 4 bright red cardinals at the same time around the feeders.It seems that I have to fill the feeders up every other day.--charliezap

01-20-2012, 05:37 PM	#8
8540tomg Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,461	Nice series Charlie, I'll have to take your word retirement is great. Still have a few years to go. Tom G